Thread: CrOx encrusted strop

No worries, Paul. I just figured you might be dealing with this.
Here is a before and after on one. Not green, but you get the idea.
Cold water will not touch this nasty stuff!


This took several boilings and water/Oxyclean changes
Some bleach added at the end

The color in the white stuff is the logos and printing.



Dried for a few days between paper towels with weight on top.
Like new again!

OK. Here are a couple of photos.

The first photo shows the strop right after the majority of the CrOx crust had been
scraped off with the spine of a knife. Note the dark streaks, which indicate to me
that the CrOx had aggressively removed metal from the knife.



The second photo shows the strop after being wiped with a dry cotton cloth.
Note the CrOx on the cloth.


I think I'll give this a try with a test razor to determine if further work needs to be
done, before using it on a "good" razor."

Paul,

You could always use a kitchen knife and strop it to see what it does to that edge/it's much thicker than any razors---- Just a thought

Wow that is still a ton of CrOx

HOLY SMOKES!
THAT is a Crox strop allright.
Some tell me the Livi Loom strops are packed. Never held one.

Yeah, sacrifice some paper towels and rags. Seems a lot to me.

Nice pics!

Adversely, I use Balsa as a CroOx strop.
I pasted it once (powder CroOx)...A decade ago.
Lots have been across it.
Never repasted. you cannot hardly get a green fingertip rubbing the middle. The stuff is pressed into the balsa.
On the ends and out of the stropping zone you still can.
Works lighter and better as it goes, IMO.

So...Is that a Livi loom strop, Paul?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

So...Is that a Livi loom strop, Paul?

Yes, it is. I don't know if that is the original application of CrOx, by Mastro Livi,
but by the time I got it, it had way too much paste...cracked, lumpy, useless.

Not to mention if they had that much on there, who knows if it was actually of a pure consistency. Best to get off what you can.

I have heard from more than a few he really packs it on there....
Yep....Seems he DOES!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

HOLY SMOKES!
THAT is a Crox strop allright.
Some tell me the Livi Loom strops are packed. Never held one.

Yeah, sacrifice some paper towels and rags. Seems a lot to me.

Nice pics!

Adversely, I use Balsa as a CroOx strop.
I pasted it once (powder CroOx)...A decade ago.
Lots have been across it.
Never repasted. you cannot hardly get a green fingertip rubbing the middle. The stuff is pressed into the balsa.
On the ends and out of the stropping zone you still can.
Works lighter and better as it goes, IMO.

Yep, packed is putting it lightly. I had to use WD-40 to remove the CrOx from mine. Once I did that and lightly coated it again, HOW SWEET IT IS!